She's a fine wee cuddy and he's a quare fella and together farming fans Pamela Ballantine and Richard Wright lift the lid on culchie-spake.

With the Balmoral Show in mind, they have taken popular country phrases and translated them for any good city folks in need of agricultural enlightenment.

From hoggets to heifers, dunchers to suckin' diesel these two get to the heart of rural life with Pammie's cut glass translation of Richard's lilting culchie chatter.

Pamela said: "I worked on Farming Ulster for four years and like to think as a Belfast girl, I'm fluent in culchie. This week I'll be working at the Balmoral Show for all three days and will be limbering up the lips for some quare aul chat.

"Balmoral's an amazing festival for the agricultural community but it's not just for country folk.

"The craic is mighty and the mix of accents from every county is wonderful. So just in case there are any city dwellers who claim they can't understand a word of it, we've put together a handy guide to common phrases.

"Now there's no excuse for anyone to mix up their springing heifer from their suckler cow, their gimmer from their gilt. And if all else fails the can always ask people to whist or settle for a nice cup o' tae in the han'."